Boot Camp for New Dads Sat 9 am-noon
Classes are filling up fast; register early.
call 288-3431
April 19 at MCV Hospital
(VCUHS) Main
Hosp 8 east room 210.
Also
8/16, and 12/20. Sat.
9am-noon. 1250
East Marshall Street 
May
3, 2008 at Johnston Willis Hosp.(Atrium Auditorium).
also 6/14, 10/11 Sat.
9am-noon. 1401
Johnston-Willis Dr. Atrium Auditorium
May
10 at Henrico Drs.
Hospital
Forest Campus Williamsburg Conf. room Sat. 9am-noon. Also:
7/12,
9/6, 11/1.
1602
Skipwith Road at
Forest
June 21, 2008 at VCU Medical Center Women's Health Center at
Stony Point. Also: 10/18. Sat.
9am-noon. 900 Stony Point Pkwy just off Chippenham Pkwy Rt 150
July
26 Chippenham Hospital Also 8/30,
11/29 Sat.
9am-noon. 7101
Jahnke Rd just
east of Chippenham Pkwy; Main entrance Bosher
Auditorium
Classes are filling up fast; register early.
Boot
Camp for New Dads is a
unique father-to-father, community-based workshop that inspires and
equips men to become confidently engaged with their infants, support
their mates and personally navigate their transformation into dads.
Veterans (new fathers who bring along their two month old
babies) orient rookies (fathers to be) on the joys and realities of
fatherhood.
We
are Dads helping other men get a good start as New Fathers.
Parents
Magazine Feb 2008: "Most classes focus on Mom, with Dad
there for support. Here's a course that's strictly male - no
moms allowed. In the Boot Camp for New Dads program, veteran
dads bring their babies to class to help rookie dads learn burping,
changing, and swaddling techniques. Other topics include:
taking care of Mom after birth, juggling work and family time, and
baby bonding. There's an hour-long discussion at the end so
the rookies can ask questions and the veterans can share the lessons
they've learned. "The open conversation helps dads-to-be
feel ready to care for their newborn," says Robert Grand,
course facilitator for the Boot Camp for New Dads program at St.
Joseph's Hospital in Orange, California."
For all first time expectant
dads! We are getting exceptional feedback from
participants from many different backgrounds.: Awesome
said one young professional aged 30. I wish I had this before
I became a dad said one Veteran who came to share his
experience (a local Psychologist also around 30). I
needed this... a great addition to the parenting classes we
attended as a couple. but, from a man's perspective (a 28
year old carpenter)
Rookie holds baby for 1st
time while Veteran looks on
New Dads at Henrico Doctors' Hospital
Calling
all Veteran Dads link here
Link to download photos
from first Boot Camp with 10 Rookies, three Veterans and two
babies (small pdf file)
Over the past
decades, in programs across the country thousands of dads have
worked to help each other get the best start possible.
This is a “guy thing.”
... ladies get the morning off to be alone or with
friends; for men only.
When men facing a common challenge get together, a locker
room feeling of solidarity develops and we talk frankly about our
experiences and what’s on our minds.
And with all the changes and stresses involved in becoming a
father, information you can trust is essential.
What you will
learn:
We face a broad
range of new challenges as we work through perhaps the most
fundamental transition in our lives.
There is no one way
or right way to do it. Everyone’s
situation is unique and lots of choices need to be made, so we
strive to provide a range of perspectives to help you make informed
decisions.
We have learned a
great deal from each other and would like to share some highlights
with you. Common
challenges include:
- Caring for babies, particularly when they are crying
- Caring for moms, particularly when they are crying
- Working your regular 60 hour week on no sleep
- Financing a Family
- Following constant barrage of conflicting advice
- Mothers-in-law
- Dropping
a diaper into the trash can at 40 feet
And more...
Start up funding was provided by the Community
Foundation , Anthem, and Dominion.
Suggested donation $25,
(Scholarships available upon request)
Leave name, phone , e-mail, location/date, address, due date
and shirt size (we give you a shirt)
Directions to the Hospitals:
Henrico
Doctors Hospital (Williamsburg Conference Room).
Forest Campus: 1602
Skipwith Road at
Forest (South off I - 64 Glenside Exit turn left on Forest at
first light )
Johnston Willis:
1401
Johnston-Willis Dr.
Take Powhite to West on Midlothian. Turn Right at Johnston Willis
Drive (Hospital sign). Park
in Atrium Lot and enter Atrium Entrance. Atrium Conference
room is on Floor 4.
Chippenham
Hospital
7101
Jahnke Rd. Take Rte. 150 Chippenham Parkway to Jahnke Rd going
east. Turn into the first hospital entrance and park in the
garage. Enter Main Lobby and Bosher Auditorium in the lobby.
VCU-MCV Stony
Point Women's Health Center
900 Stony Point Pkwy.
Take Rte. 150 Chippenham Parkway to
Stony Point exit and left at light ( north) on Stony Point
Parkway. VCU Womens Center is straight ahead.
VCU-MCV Main Hospital
Enter Main
Hospital and go up escalator then elevator to Floor 8 east Room 210
Special thanks to grants from The Community Foundation, Anthem-Blue Cross-Blue Shield-VA, Dominion and Trinity UMC .
give here for 2008
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Registration: Boot Camp for New
Dads
Location/Date:
________________________ _/ __________
Names:
________________________________________________________________
Address:
___________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Phone:
___________________________________
Baby
due date
____________________________
e-mail: ____________________________________________________ T-Shirt
size _____________
include
check for full payment
Mail to:
First
Things First
(non Profit 501c3)
5200 Grove Ave Richmond, VA 23226-1633
Or e-mail: info@FirstThingsRichmond.org (804)
288-3431 x-11
Calling
all Veteran Dads
Boot Camp needs you to come back and orient the new guys!
Give Mom a morning off … you will be appreciated!
We really need you to come help as a Veteran…
Please RSVP by calling:
e-mail info@ FirstThingsRichmond.org
(with no spaces) or call 288-3431
=
I
look forward to seeing you there,
LeMar (cell
439-1740)
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New
part time Fatherhood and Urban Programs Coordinator is Mr.
LeMar Bowers. Call to schedule as a speaker for your group.
"Hit the Ground Running" a new book for dads and More
resources for fathers at http://www.dadsadventure.com/
Richmond
Times Dispatch Front page article June 15: link
here
Download
Henrico Doctors' HospPress release here; 5/22/07 (178 k Word doc)
Link to download photos
from first Boot Camp with 10 Rookies, three Veterans and two
babies (small pdf file)
link
for Boot Camp info from First Things First Chattanooga
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Additional
information www.BCND.org
Boot Camp for New Dads is
a unique father-to-father, community-based workshop that inspires
and equips men of all economic levels, ages and cultures to become
confidently engaged with their infants, support their mates and
personally navigate their transformation into dads.
Founded in
1990 in California, Boot Camp for New Dads
is validated by research
and has been named a best practice by many organizations
that consider it an exceptional means of supporting dads-to-be and
fostering behaviors that greatly benefit children and help prevent a
wide range of social ills. Boot
Camp for New Dads has graduated over 150,000 men, making it by
far the nation’s largest program for new fathers.
BCND is now offered in 42 states and on U.S. military
bases, and is expanding internationally.
Participants in communities with
established Boot Camp for New Dads programs report increased
confidence in their ability to care for and bond with their
baby, to deal with the baby’s
crying, and to understand and care for their partner (the
baby’s mother). While
the Boot Camp for New Dads
program is designed for all fathers, regardless of
marital and economic status, it is achieving very positive outcomes
with low income and minority unmarried participants.
Program Components. The
premise of BCND is simple and is validated by research and results: men
want to do their best as fathers, are most receptive to support as
they become fathers, and learn best from other men already on the
job.
In
the introductory year of Boot Camp for New Dads in Richmond, First Things First will offer
four or five Boot Camp workshops to be held at Henrico County
Department of Social Services, Richmond Community Hospital and
Henrico Doctors Hospital. Each
workshop will be three hours in length and will be conducted by a
trained facilitator-coach who provides not only direct skills
training to ten expectant fathers, but also facilitates interaction
with the “experienced dads” who attend with their children of
3-9 months of age. These
father-child teams provide hands-on, practical learning
opportunities: how to respond to a crying baby or change a diaper or
just how to hold and play with your new infant.
Parenting training will also be provided to Henrico
County’s existing Fatherhood Group.
To find out more or to register for an upcoming Boot Camp,
please call 288-3431 ext 11
or e-mail to info@ firstthingsrichmond.org
(with
no spaces)
(Other Future Sites include Richmond Community Hospital and
Henrico County Social Services.)
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for Boot Camp info from First Things First Chattanooga
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